Ok, I find out about these see-through skirts, and then another person tells me about nipple scarves? Link to article UNDERCOVER: These new skirts are turning heads in Japan A cheeky skirt? 16feb03 IT'S the latest Japanese fashion craze – and it's making incredulous men look twice at the young women daring enough to adopt it. But it isn't what it seems. The apparently see-through skirts, which are all the rage in Tokyo, aren't see-through at all. They are cleverly designed prints, where the outline of the wearer's derriere and underwear are painted on to the fabric. Traditionally strict Japanese society has changed enormously in recent years, and nowhere has it been more evident than in teen clothing. Increased freedom has led to a fashion industry where the only rule is that there are no rules. The website KidTokyo.com notes that youth fashion in the Japanese capital "accurately represents the qualities of the city itself: chaotic".
